Singapore Chinatown
- Address:Smith Street, Singapore
- Admission:Free
Cultural Experience, Good Place to Eat, Good Place to Shop, Must-Do Experience, People Watching, Neighborhood
5:35 AM Monday, May 28
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For many visitors, Singapore Chinatown is the sightseeing focus of the city, home to traditional shop houses, temples and cultural heritage.
Take a wander down the atmospheric streets, dropping into shop houses to see what’s for sale.
Admire the rooftop dragons of the Thian Hock Keng Temple, dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea, and the festively gaudy Hindu Sri Mariamman Temple, covered with colorful cows and depictions of the gods.
The uplifting and often moving history of Chinatown’s residents is displayed at the Heritage Center, and you’ll find several large shopping malls here, including the People’s Park.
Of course, Chinatown is also the place to go to for great food, especially along Smith Street, which is often closed off to form an outdoor eat street. You can also choose from a huge array of street food at the Chinatown Complex hawker center.
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If you get a chance to do this tour, take it. My son and I were the only people on this tour so we got a very personal tour. We discovered the food and history of China Town, This was so interesting and very well presented by our tour guide. We had a taste of different breakfast foods eaten by the local Chinese community. These were so tasty. Our guide introduced us to a few of his friends along the tour, so we really had a very personal touch to our tour. As there was only the 2 of us on this tour, we were able to spend a little longer talking to the locals with our tour guide. Our guide showed us so much history from Chinatown it was fantastic.This was a short tour of an hour and a half or so but we learnt so much.
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Great night out! Chinatown, dinner, trishaw and boat trip were all very enjoyable. Highly recommend this tour.
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We laughed the whole night. Got our fans with our names written on them in Chinese, had dinner at Chinatown which was very nice, had a walk around the Chinatown shops and then piled into our 25 Trishaws. With horns beeping and road rage in our blood we headed one after another onto the highway on our way to Clarke Quay. It was a bit like a Formula 1 race but we laughed and laughed. Great tour.
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Chinatown runs off the CBD in central Singapore, bordered by New Bridge Road, Maxwell Road and Cecil Street.
Chinatown has its own MRT station on New Bridge Road. You can also walk into Chinatown from the Raffles Place MRT station.
